I don’t know why perspective distortion is so much disliked. I like it and think is can add to a picture, instead of disturbing it. Take this shot for example. It shows the Grande Arche de la Defence, in Paris. This building/monument is huge. It is difficult to transport size in an image, but the distortion helps, I think. It emphasizes the frog’s perspective. Were the building rendered flat, with parallel lines, this effect would be lost.
The district of La Defence is very interesting for (architectural) photography. It’s not at all what one expects of pictures from Paris. No small streets or old buildings and classical monuments, but large skyscrapers. The Arche is something like the center for this, but there are other interesting subjects. So, more of my black and white shots to come.
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Die Perspektive ist atemberaubend. Man wird auf den ersten Blick von der Größe des Monuments “erschlagen”.
Echt klasse!
I agree that the distorted perspective is what makes this photo work. Sometimes too much adherence to the standards of “good photography” can take the interest out of a photo.
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